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... labours to the com- pletion of this Herculean undertaking . As I do not pretend to arrogate to myself per- fectibility in a literary sense , I have , no doubt , in some instances , been guilty of error ; and when- soever such failing ...
... labours to the com- pletion of this Herculean undertaking . As I do not pretend to arrogate to myself per- fectibility in a literary sense , I have , no doubt , in some instances , been guilty of error ; and when- soever such failing ...
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... labours , that blazon this book ; Which the vender of sundries , to science quite blind , For Two - pence , mine All , to my hand straight con- sign'd . Thus , Copyright mine , let the Trade frown , I scoff it ; The Publishers , d - n ...
... labours , that blazon this book ; Which the vender of sundries , to science quite blind , For Two - pence , mine All , to my hand straight con- sign'd . Thus , Copyright mine , let the Trade frown , I scoff it ; The Publishers , d - n ...
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... labours I've studied , and act from cool reason ; Thus folly and sense share due comments in season . The flights of bold fancy shall first claim the stricture , For poets stand foremost on Noodle's grand picture , From high vaunted ...
... labours I've studied , and act from cool reason ; Thus folly and sense share due comments in season . The flights of bold fancy shall first claim the stricture , For poets stand foremost on Noodle's grand picture , From high vaunted ...
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... one Epic , well fraught , A work with the labour of life cheaply bought . But now in a Laureat that's living , we find A bard truly gifted with Parnassian mind ; He thinks your grand epic no more than a jest SCRIBBLEOMANIA . 23.
... one Epic , well fraught , A work with the labour of life cheaply bought . But now in a Laureat that's living , we find A bard truly gifted with Parnassian mind ; He thinks your grand epic no more than a jest SCRIBBLEOMANIA . 23.
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... labours belong ; A soul truly fir'd wou'd disdain flattery's song : class out Herods shame , daring alike the language of reproof and the keen lash of correction , without deigning to subsidize a venal pen in order to throw a gloss over ...
... labours belong ; A soul truly fir'd wou'd disdain flattery's song : class out Herods shame , daring alike the language of reproof and the keen lash of correction , without deigning to subsidize a venal pen in order to throw a gloss over ...
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Scribbleomania: Or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem William Henry Ireland Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1815 |
Scribbleomania; Or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon: A Sublime Poem William Henry Ireland Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1815 |
Scribbleomania: Or, the Printer's Devil's Polichronicon, a Poem, Ed. by ... William Henry Ireland Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2016 |
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Sida 205 - The Devil knew not what he did when he made man politic; he cross'd himself by't: and I cannot think but, in the end, the villanies of man will set him clear. Then there are witlings who will plod To make for ministers a rod ; Poets that wou'd be politicians, And prove the parliament's physicians
Sida 116 - A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, 1 never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue—(conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite
Sida 116 - expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravish'd, So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Independent of his numerous scenic labours, Mr. G.
Sida 297 - iniqua, Tradiderit, regno aut optata luce fruatur, Sed cadat ante diem, mediaque inhumatus arena !" This made the sport terminate in vexation, as much as it had originated in merriment ; the King read the fate which followed him in too many particulars, as time made manifest. He was vexed
Sida 249 - enjoyments, her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly. She is all softness and sweetness, peace, love, wit, and delight; she is every way suitable to the sublimcst wish, and the man that has such a one to his portion has nothing to do but rejoice
Sida 250 - haughty, insolent, and loud; if she be passionate, want of manners makes her a termagant and a scold, which is much as one with a lunatic; if she be proud, want of discretion (which is still ill breeding) makes her conceited, fantastic, and ridiculous; and from these she degenerates to be turbulent, clamorous, noisy, nasty, and the devil.
Sida 267 - At the end of the Bible which was the property of the late Sir W. Jones, so justly celebrated for his researches into the literature, mythology, and antiquities of Hindostan, appears the following note in his own hand-writing: " I have regularly, and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion, that this volume, independently of
Sida 247 - Take fast hold of Instruction; let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life. Proverbs.
Sida 296 - I' th' garb and habit of a Dog, That was his tutor, and the Cur Read to th'occult Philosopher, And taught him subtly to maintain All other Sciences are
Sida 42 - I only live my sins to mourn; To love my God, I only live. To thee, benign and sacred Power, I consecrate my lengthen'd days; While, mark'd with blessings, every hour Shall speak my co-extended praise.